propylon

American  

[prop-uh-lon] / ˈprɒp əˌlɒn /

noun

• propyla
  plural

1. propylaeum.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• propyla
  plural

Etymology

Origin of propylon

1825–35; < Greek propýlon, equivalent to pro- pro- ² + pýl ( ē ) gate + -on neuter singular noun ending

Example Sentences

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propylon propyla

Hallock sat as rigid as a carved figure flanking an Egyptian propylon, which his attitude suggested.

From The Taming of Red Butte Western by Francis Lynde

Pure and perfect is its design—broad propylon, great open courtyard with pillared galleries, halls, chambers, sanctuary.

From The Spell of Egypt by Robert Smythe Hichens

The train had halted before a vast propylon of rose-coloured granite.

From The Infernal Marriage by Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield

It has a pompous propylon of enormous stuccoed columns.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 45, July, 1861 by Various

Through this you pass into columned courts, which, in any other place, would command undivided attention, until you at length arrive in front of a second propylon.

From Sketches by Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield

They were generally placed in pairs at the entrances of temples, on each side of the propyla.

From Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life by T. L. (Thomas Louis) Haines

From a raised platform commences an avenue of Crio-sphinxes leading to the front propyla, before which stood two granite statues of a Pharaoh.

From Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life by T. L. (Thomas Louis) Haines

The pyramidical entrances of the Indian pagodas are analogous to the Egyptian propyla, while the large pillared rooms which support a flat roof of stone, are found frequently in the temples of both countries.

From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 20, No. 565, September 8, 1832 by Various